Kensmyth

Big thank you to Kirstie for popping over to help out recently as I was on one foot well, another story but Cria fleece inspection after husbandry for the whole herd at this site was breathtaking – see for yourself…

there is not a single cria between our two sites that we are not immensely proud of … so I told the Mums to tell them too!

I am often out very late and very early as most farmers are but sometimes the sky takes my breath away…

Well we have had visitors galore and loads going on as usual. thank you to all friends who have assisted and continue to assist since my slight mishap which will be revealed later for those not so squeamish – meantime the show must go on LOL

We hinted previously but are delighted to show the great expectations for 2019 in our 17.1 hh Draught mare.

Thanks to the AI/ET team for another successful result, pity you cannot keep a grey mare clean LOL

Go Girl!

well we breed Big Alpaca here for the fleece and Big Sheep – Wensleydales but we do have some little ones too for paddock management and keeping the AI/ET Draughts company – Size matters LOL!

  Two year old Draught filly to be bred in 2019

Alpaca give birth in the morning only apparently. Really? mine cannot have read that book!

last cria born to the herd at Cirencester was extremely late in the evening… note the shadows and the placenta under the tree waiting for me to pick it up!

no – Alpaca do not always birth in the morning or during the day for that matter

no – there is not a problem if they do this ie only a problem if they birth late – they birth when they want to

yes – you do need to protect the cria from the cold and the sun

yes – you do need to protect the cria and all Alpaca from fly strike

but look how fast they grow

well we have been buying Alpaca feed for years from Mole Valley and now Countrywide has been sold to Mole Valley and Driffield is now officially open… just have to change the signs now LOL

green fingered hubby supplying courgettes and chillies galore here at Kensmyth

well the heat continues and the sunsets are amazing here in the Cotswolds, just sooo busy…

well my Mum always says when my Blog goes quiet it is because something is “touch and go” and she knows I am working through the night and she is not wrong..

One of our mares finally decided to give birth but, as always, it was quite spectacular… retained placenta!

mare and foal doing well now but a very interesting uterine flushing in the early hours of August welcome to August!

thank goodness for mobile field shelters and an excellent VET